Police focus on south St. Louis neighborhood with uptick in shootings

(KMOV) – More officers were deployed to a south St. Louis neighborhood on Wednesday as part of the city’s latest hot-spot policing initiative.

Uniformed and plain-clothes officers along with marked and unmarked police cars will soon be a fixture in the Tower Grove Neighborhood in response to a recent uptick in drive-by shootings. Police said additional officers will be pulled from mobile reserves and special operations.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson and some of his command staff met at Gravois Plaza at 10 a.m. for the first roll.